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The Good: Average team faced rated #64 for the season in FBS only rankings, and #91 in all divisions ranking.
The Bad: Best win was against #95 Miami (FBS only), or #115 WMU (all divisions). No matter how much you want to spin Buffalo being competitive against good teams, we were 0-5 against top 60 teams and 0-4 against teams ranked between 60 and 82 (FBS only). In the all divisions ranking, UB was 0-3 against top 50 teams, but also 0-5 agianst temas ranked 50-90. Their four wins were against teams ranked 115, 119, 175 and 234.
The Ugly: Technically ranked behind Stony Brook again, Stony averages rank in the 3 all division polls is 119.667, while UB comes in at 120.333. Stony defeated Villanova in the first round of the FCS playoffs and they move on to face #3 Montana State.
Anderson and Hester, Billingsly and Coley:
Average UB Rank 98 (+1)
Average Opponent Rank: 64 (-2)
Average Army Rank: 115 (+1)
Average Syracuse Rank: 55 (-3)
Winnable games (teams +20 or - from UB's ranking): 5 (UConn, Pitt, Miami, WMU, UMass)
Winnable games record: (3-2)
Team | Rank |
Buffalo | 98 (+1) |
Georgia | 6 |
Morgan State | n/a |
Kent State | 18 (-4) |
Uconn | 82 (-10) |
Ohio | 67 (+5) |
NIU | 22 (-3) |
Pitt | 78 (-8) |
Toledo | 40 (-1) |
Miami | 95 (+1) |
WMU | 105 |
Umass | 124 |
BGSU | 66 (-2) |
Massey, Sagarin & Wolfe:
UB Rank 120 (+6)
Average Opponent Rank: 91 (-1)
Stony Brook Ranking: 120 (-17)
Albany Ranking: 150 (-9)
Army Ranking: 143 (+2)
Syracuse Ranking: 50
Winnable games (teams +20 or - from UB's ranking): 4 (Morgan St, Miami, WMU, UMass)
Winnable games record: (4-0)
Team | Rank |
Buffalo | 120 (+6) |
Georgia | 6 (-1) |
Morgan State | 234 (-28) |
Kent State | 36 (+3) |
UConn | 89 (-12) |
Ohio | 86 (+9) |
NIU | 35 (+1) |
Pitt | 70 (-14) |
Toledo | 55 (+8) |
Miami | 119 (+10) |
WMU | 115 (+6) |
Umass | 175 (+5) |
BGSU | 72 |